a question

[casualbird]

Please--if any of you know of any canonically non-binary characters in popular media, would you let me know? I'm thinking of writing a meta post about the sorry state of non-binary representation, and I'd like to see if I can't find some more evidence than I have right now.

Thank you!

Comments

[graveexcitement]

ahh, i was just going to mention Left Hand Of Darkness here!

& yes, the main culture/language in Ancillary Justice, the Radch/Radchaai, is pretty much culturally agender; Radchaai (the language) doesn't really have gendered pronouns and the Radchaai culture doesn't really acknowledge gender as A Thing that matters. (Though the book itself does this by using she/her pronouns for everyone, but in-universe the Radchaai language isn't gendered, iirc). There's a bit in the first book where the main character is having difficulty speaking in a non-Radchaai language because the other language does have gendered pronouns/verbs, and the MC has some difficulty identifying which pronouns to use for which people.

[casualbird]

i know! i really love the imperial radch series, and the way that gender is handled in it.

i've been trying to read the left hand of darkness, but i got distracted what with school and things and accidentally picked up another book. that's life i guess.

i almost feel a bit strange trying to write the post now, since there's so much nb representation (good and bad) out there that i didn't know about! i feel like i'd have to take a full semester of the stuff.

maybe i'll just write something about fma / envy, since i recently rewatched the series and envy makes me Angry.

[0dense]

hey yeah that sounds fun! I gotta read more lol, I'm glad it sounds like people are finding good ways of factoring gender in